National Housing Trust Fund Analysis of Draft State Plans

National Housing Trust Fund: The National Low Income Housing Coalition published a comprehensive report analyzing state allocation plans for the Housing Trust Fund, which finally received its first allocation of funds last year. The report concludes HTF Allocation Plans for the initial year of this unique, new program indicate that states intend to use this resource to leverage existing federal and state housing resources to help address the acute housing needs of the nation’s most vulnerable people States will use HTF to complement their existing LIHTC, HOME, and state housing programs to provide homes for homeless families and individuals, people with disabilities, frail elderly, and veterans.